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Fine Gael TD sues Dublin Hotel after falling off swing

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    #6302
    Loafing Oaf
    Registered Users Posts: 16,438 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    Vada Whining Dew wrote: »
    This x1000. I had high hopes for Leo as well.
    Suckit wrote: »

    When Leo took over, I thought he might be better.
    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    I feel the same , had high hopes for Leo

    I'm interested to know on what basis you guys formed a positive impression of Leo in the first place. Did you think he had done well in his ministerial positions?


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    #6303
    [Deleted User]
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    What happened to the report getting leaked today?


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    #6304
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,211 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    Suckit wrote: »
    I wouldn't say high hopes, but I thought Enda would have done a good job. I soon found out I was wrong about that.

    When Leo took over, I thought he might be better. FG just keep showing me how wrong I can get it.
    Loafing Oaf wrote: »
    I'm interested to know on what basis you guys formed a positive impression of Leo in the first place. Did you think he had done well in his ministerial positions?


    I hadn't said I thought Leo would be particularly good. I thought he would be better than Enda, and that wasn't going to be hard, a fairly low bar was set.

    But, I was naive enough to believe he was young and may have been a little tired of older politics etc.
    In short, I was sick of FG then (I had voted for them with Kenny in the election) at that stage, I didn't have much hope for him, but I thought he would be better.
    He is worse than I could have imagined. I have to honestly say I don't think he has any redeeming feature for me.


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    #6305
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,211 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    Deleted User wrote: »
    What happened to the report getting leaked today?
    Broadsheet? I think that was a weird 'joke'.


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    #6306
    McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    Suckit wrote: »
    Broadsheet? I think that was a weird 'joke'.

    Fell out of a Chinese fortune cookie.


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    #6307
    Gen.Zhukov
    Registered Users Posts: 1,957 ✭✭✭Gen.Zhukov


    The dads funeral is on Sat so it was never coming out this week.


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    #6308
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users Posts: 16,133 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Loafing Oaf wrote: »
    I'm interested to know on what basis you guys formed a positive impression of Leo in the first place. Did you think he had done well in his ministerial positions?

    Well I just presumed anyone would be better than wishy washy Enda . Then we got all talk and no substance Leo. I thought he might be more energetic and forward thinking . I was wrong


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    #6309
    Loafing Oaf
    Registered Users Posts: 16,438 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    Suckit wrote: »
    I hadn't said I thought Leo would be particularly good. I thought he would be better than Enda, and that wasn't going to be hard, a fairly low bar was set.

    But, I was naive enough to believe he was young and may have been a little tired of older politics etc.
    In short, I was sick of FG then (I had voted for them with Kenny in the election) at that stage, I didn't have much hope for him, but I thought he would be better.
    He is worse than I could have imagined. I have to honestly say I don't think he has any redeeming feature for me.

    Well if your hopes weren't based on anything much other than Leo's age, I don't see that you're entitled to expect anything at all from him. Would you have thought Maria Bailey or Alan Farrell would do a better job than Enda because they're about the same age as Leo?


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    #6310
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,211 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    Loafing Oaf wrote: »
    Well if your hopes weren't based on anything much other than Leo's age, I don't see that you're entitled to expect anything at all from him. Would you have thought Maria Bailey or Alan Farrell would do a better job than Enda because they're about the same age as Leo?
    I didn't vote any of those three in.

    I've seen Farrell post here many times and disliked him before that.
    I didn't vote FG because of Leo. I didn't 'expect' anything of him really, and nor was my opinion of him based solely upon his age (which was mentioned quite a lot 'his youth' etc), but as I mentioned, I was naive in thinking that he could have been better than Enda.
    I am big enough to admit I made a mistake when thinking that.
    Not sure why that is a 'thing' though. I won't make that mistake again, I can assure you.


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    #6311
    Loafing Oaf
    Registered Users Posts: 16,438 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    Suckit wrote: »
    I as I mentioned, I was naive in thinking that he could have been better than Enda.
    I am big enough to admit I made a mistake when thinking that.

    I see a lot of this on boards.ie but there's clearly no genuine self-criticism in it. It's all the empty suit Leo's fault for showing all this bright promise and then failing to live up to it. But these posters never give any substantive account of what this bright promise amounted to in the first place. There was a guy the other week saying he was initially sold on Leo by his strong media performances but was shocked and appalled to the discover that he was obsessed with his image.:rolleyes:


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    #6312
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,211 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    Loafing Oaf wrote: »
    I see a lot of this on boards.ie but there's clearly no genuine self-criticism in it. It's all the empty suit Leo's fault for showing all this bright promise and then failing to live up to it. But these posters never give any substantive account of what this bright promise amounted to in the first place. There was a guy the other week saying he was initially sold on Leo by his strong media performances but was shocked and appalled to the discover that he was obsessed with his image.:rolleyes:

    Could you please point out where I said I had any hope for Leo, other than thinking he would be better than Enda when he took over?
    I had no real belief in Leo to begin with.

    My honest to goodness reason for writing:
    I as I mentioned, I was naive in thinking that he could have been better than Enda.
    I am big enough to admit I made a mistake when thinking that.
    Was because I was initially going to also throw in something about not lying and I don't play offside, but I thought better of it.
    To be perfectly honest, My opinion of every single last one of them is pretty much the same as the opinion I see here from people giving out about 'scroungers' and people with their handout etc.

    I despise the comment 'You couldn't pay me enough to do the job' when referring to the Taoiseach.

    I usually vote because I believe it is the best of the bad bunch, which lets be honest, it's how they want us (that don't consistently vote for the same party, warts and all) to play the game.
    They are aware of our shitty choices and don't make any attempt to stand out - which would be very easy.
    For the moment we are stuck using democracy, it doesn't work not mathematically or otherwise.
    We will most likely be stuck using it for my lifetime and a couple of generations after that.
    So I vote, to hopefully make a difference and maybe one day I'll get lucky with some form of decent bunch sitting in the Dail, but so far it hasn't happened in my lifetime. But sometimes the crowd running it are just clowns without their makeup and funny costumes, incapable of doing a good job, so need to be called out. That is the case in this instance, and that is why I think people need to be made accountable when running in government and trying to scam a quick couple of euro.
    All I see when Leo is on TV is the big yellow streak running down his back; and the arrogance....

    Maria Bailey and Alan Farrell (and anyone that encouraged them) with their hands out for what would effectively be a measly payment compared to their monthly salaries and expenses, for reasons that were beyond pathetic, and their arrogant party heads backing them up is enough to rile up anyone.
    Maria Bailey may not have been a TD when she banged her bum, but she was a few months later, and everyone including herself now knows that she would have been better off dropping the case then, but she decided to keep it going and see what she could get.

    As for Leo, and me not being 'entitled to expect anything at all from him' - Yes I am.
    He is (unfortunately) the leader for now of our Country, and while I may not have voted him in, I did vote the for their party in the last GE, and even if I didn't, it is reasonable for anybody in this country to expect him to do what is correct, especially when one of his own are (at least) caught bringing the party in disrepute. But he has deflected, delayed and hidden - basically tried everything to not do the right thing.


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    #6313
    _Kaiser_
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    Suckit wrote: »
    Broadsheet? I think that was a weird 'joke'.

    The weirdest joke has been the last several pages worth of frankly bizzare nonsense about trips to China, SF, suggestions that posters here should get jobs and are ghouls.

    All because FG and their fanboys don't like being questioned or held to account.

    Anyone who is ANY doubt about what FG represent, and what they think of the electorate just needs to read back over the past 2 days of posting from what I'm convinced is the same guy talking to himself given the tone, language, and that as sure as buses they always arrive in pairs.

    As bad as FF are, they're still better than FG... and FG have only themselves and their more avid supporters to blame for that one.

    Well done lads.


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    #6314
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,950 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    I think at this stage the best time for the Indo to drip feed the report would be early September.


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    #6315
    Sir Oxman
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    Loafing Oaf wrote: »
    I'm interested to know on what basis you guys formed a positive impression of Leo in the first place. Did you think he had done well in his ministerial positions?


    ^This.
    He has a woeful track record of absolute nothingness.


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    #6316
    McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    Sir Oxman wrote: »
    ^This.
    He has a woeful track record of absolute nothingness.

    Now that's not 100% accurate.

    He had an excellent track record on speaking out on other sectors under other minister's control.

    All arse and no trousers.


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    #6317
    Loafing Oaf
    Registered Users Posts: 16,438 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    Sir Oxman wrote: »
    ^This.
    He has a woeful track record of absolute nothingness.

    I suspect some of these guys were thinking along the lines of "Leo the gay, mixed race doctor with the classy mid-Atlantic accent will surely make a better taoiseach than Enda the bogger schoolteacher" but I doubt anyone is going to admit to that.


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    #6318
    mike_cork
    Registered Users Posts: 601 ✭✭✭mike_cork


    Loafing Oaf wrote: »
    I suspect some of these guys were thinking along the lines of "Leo the gay, mixed race doctor with the classy mid-Atlantic accent will surely make a better taoiseach than Enda the bogger schoolteacher" but I doubt anyone is going to admit to that.

    Enda was a better Tasoieach....And this was the man who invented the "man with 2 pints" and "soldiers at the ATM's" stories. You could disagree with Enda, but i think most people viewed him as trying to do the best job he could.

    Leo on the other hand has badly been found out. Being taoiseach is a box ticking exercise before he goes onto a great role in Europe.
    If he had any sense, he would have called a GE last year when he/FG were riding high in the polls. People,including many grassroots FG members, are sick of Leo. His handling of countless issues has been inept.


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    #6319
    McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    Any news from China this morning?

    Mr Flash, if you're reading this, the young lad wants a mogwai, searched every pet shop I can think of in the Wickow and South Dublin area, seems China is my best bets.

    Pm me, and I'll sort you out (have revolut/PayPal).

    **Crosses fingers**


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    #6320
    Odyssey 2005
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    Ten Pin wrote: »
    Leo is on Newstalk now

    Has bailey been mentioned yet ?


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    #6321
    mattser
    Registered Users Posts: 2,233 ✭✭✭mattser


    Odyssey 2005 wrote: »
    Has bailey been mentioned yet ?

    No, but the economy grew by 8.2% in 2018. But that's not important at all sure.


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    #6322
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    mattser wrote:
    No, but the economy grew by 8.2% in 2018. But that's not important at all sure.


    It would be if the thread was about the economy, but its not it's about the attempted fraud by one of his parties TD's he described as one of the better ones. ;-)


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    #6323
    mattser
    Registered Users Posts: 2,233 ✭✭✭mattser


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    It would be if the thread was about the economy, but its not it's about the attempted fraud by one of his parties TD's he described as one of the better ones. ;-)

    The question was about what Leo was saying on the radio, not what a half dozen posters on a dead thread have to say.


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    #6324
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    Odyssey 2005 wrote:
    Has bailey been mentioned yet ?

    mattser wrote:
    The question was about what Leo was saying on the radio, not what a half dozen posters on a dead thread have to say.


    Actually the question was about Bailey as posted above your reply.


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    #6325
    Stop moaning ffs
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Stop moaning ffs


    mattser wrote: »
    The question was about what Leo was saying on the radio, not what a half dozen posters on a dead thread have to say.

    You just accused me of being a layabout in another thread now your here defending Leo and his hiding fraudsters in his party.


    Do you guys only have the one script or playbook?
    Seems that way. It’s awfully predictable


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    #6326
    WishUWereHere
    Registered Users Posts: 2,381 ✭✭✭WishUWereHere


    Johnny Dogs wrote: »
    Any news from China this morning?

    Mr Flash, if you're reading this, the young lad wants a mogwai, searched every pet shop I can think of in the Wickow and South Dublin area, seems China is my best bets.

    Pm me, and I'll sort you out (have revolut/PayPal).

    **Crosses fingers**

    LOL, Didn't he/she say yesterday the Shenzhen flight is on Friday's? Perhaps, he/she is somewhere over Siberia ( assuming that's the flight path ) right now.


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    #6327
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 29,909 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    mattser wrote: »
    The question was about what Leo was saying on the radio, not what a half dozen posters on a dead thread have to say.

    A dead thread? It's the #3 thread on Current Affairs, with 488,421 views.

    And if it's a dead thread, why are you here?

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #6328
    mike_cork
    Registered Users Posts: 601 ✭✭✭mike_cork


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    A dead thread? It's the #3 thread on Current Affairs, with 488,421 views.

    And if it's a dead thread, why are you here?
    Nothing to see here. Move along peasants. Our betters have done nothing wrong/ are too busy making ireland great to focus on issues such as insurance fraud by TD's :pac:


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    #6329
    Auguste Comte
    Registered Users Posts: 1,143 ✭✭✭Auguste Comte


    mattser wrote: »
    No, but the economy grew by 8.2% in 2018. But that's not important at all sure.

    I wonder are insurance fraud numbers growing?

    Any comment on the complete lack of ethics in the FG parliamentary party?


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    #6330
    McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    mattser wrote: »
    No, but the economy grew by 8.2% in 2018. But that's not important at all sure.

    ""Checks thread title**

    Only got tuned in where leo was admitting that he got it wrong ref the children's hospital, and broadband.
    .
    Anyone that caught the start, did he mention Kennedy's report he was due to make a statement on?

    People don't care about insurance fraud within the government's "better TDs" it's the economy stupid.

    Get up the yard Matty.


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    #6331
    Auguste Comte
    Registered Users Posts: 1,143 ✭✭✭Auguste Comte


    Johnny Dogs wrote: »
    ""Checks thread title**

    Only got tuned in where leo was admitting that he got it wrong ref the children's hospital, and broadband.
    .
    Anyone that caught the start, did he mention Kennedy's report he was due to make a statement on?

    People don't care about insurance fraud within the government's "better TDs" it's the economy stupid.

    Get up the yard Matty.

    In all fairness I'd overlook him not commenting on the report until next week considering the circumstances.


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